re: Is Cam Cameron a done deal?

thanks for your in depth and astute analysis. this board is much better with you being a member. please feel free to astound us with your intelligence on the plethora of other topics here on the Tiger Rant. Good day to you, sir.

re: Is Cam Cameron a done deal? (Posted on 2/6/13 at 10:13 am to ATLTiger)

Ha, I wouldn't have posted it if you hadn't reminded me by posting yours. I just like this one better. The crazy thing about him is that there could be a highlight video done without any of the plays on this one and it would still be great. Just a fantastic college football player.

re: Is Cam Cameron a done deal? (Posted on 2/6/13 at 10:14 am to LSUnation78)

I'll add that he has a long and proven history with developing pro QBs. You can't look at the QB's he's directly coordinated (Rivers, Brees, Flacco quickly come to mind) and say that they've achieved *in spite of* CC.

Well, a Rantard COULD say that, but it'd be a stretch to do so.

Also, LSU is capable of recruiting the type of talent necessary to run a “true” pro style offense. We’ve tried for years to use coordinators who have mostly collegiate experience to manage this offense, makes sense (and is perhaps long past due) to turn the reins over a man who’s lived and breathed coordinating in the pros for a decade.

re: Is Cam Cameron a done deal? (Posted on 2/6/13 at 12:50 pm to TigerMac81)

Cameron would be as big a Hire as Chavis IMO. First of all, I believe Les would trust him more with the offense and not completely surrender it to Cam, but give him more control. Second, Cam's offenses could run the ball out of a similar offense to what we have very effectively. Not to mention his QB Development has been great. IF we can get this guy, it would be H.U.G.E. It would give us more ammo for Bama, if nothing else. If Les pulls this off, he earns his paycheck.....without question.

Interesting point. I can see that as a good argument in recruiting. "Our OC has as much, if not more, NFL experience than Saban, was left to clean up Saban's mess at Miami, and oh yeah, helped groom a QB named Brees that Saban passed on while at Miami."

That would at least counter the current thinking/myth that Saban's Alabama program is the most NFL like in the SEC.

I don't know how much any individual coach's presence sways a recruit. My guess is it's only a small piece of the overall package that a recruit an his family use to make the decision. Still, I think Cameron's presence would only be a positive in the recruiting process.

Sean Payton, while at the Giants, was benched from the very job that he's now considered a wizard at. Look at Bill Belichick and the Browns, Pete Carroll and the Patriots. NFL Coaches get fired and hired all the time.

Cameron being fired from the Ravens doesn't bother me. His body of work outweighs any one season for me.